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Vegetarian street food in Shanghai – in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/gallery/2013/mar/05/vegetarian-street-food-shanghai-in-pictures
China, like many countries, still hasn't fully embraced the idea of vegetarianism – which can make life difficult if you want to travel there and sample all the culture has to offer but avoid meat. However, one foodie in Shanghai is now offering expert help <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/gallery/2013/mar/05/vegetarian-street-food-shanghai-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>VegetarianismLife and styleFood & drinkFood and drinkTravelVegetarian food and drinkChina holidaysShanghai holidaysChinese food and drinkTue, 05 Mar 2013 10:06:35 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/gallery/2013/mar/05/vegetarian-street-food-shanghai-in-picturesPhotograph: UnTour ShanghaiBaozi - chinese dumplings Photograph: UnTour ShanghaiPhotograph: UnTour ShanghaiBaozi - chinese dumplings Photograph: UnTour ShanghaiFrederika Whitehead2013-03-05T10:06:35ZA vegetarian food tour in Shanghaihttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/mar/05/vegetarian-food-tour-in-shanghai
After struggling to find food she can eat on a trip to China, one desperate vegetarian gets some help from a local foodie<p>Ask any vegetarian who's been to Asia about the food and they will tell you something along these lines: "I told them I was vegetarian and they offered me chicken" or: "I ordered vegetable noodles and they came with bits of pork in the broth" or even "I went to Asia a vegetarian but gave up and came back having eaten sparrow, dog and snake as well as beef and chicken."</p><p>Six years ago, I went on an escorted press trip around China. I told the organisers I was a vegetarian. They gave me a funny look but said: "OK, fine." And then served me pork dumplings, seafood and beef noodles – all of which they said "wasn't meat". So for three weeks I got by eating just the boiled rice and bags of peanuts from the hotel bar, and lost a stone. It was hearing countless similar tales of vegetarian woe that prompted Jamie Barys and Kyle Long to offer a <a href="http://untourshanghai.com/" title="">vegetarian-themed guided walk</a> around Shanghai's food streets.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/mar/05/vegetarian-food-tour-in-shanghai">Continue reading...</a>VegetarianismChinese food and drinkFood and drinkFood & drinkLife and styleTravelShanghai holidaysChina holidaysAsiaVegetarian food and drinkTue, 05 Mar 2013 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/mar/05/vegetarian-food-tour-in-shanghaiPhotograph: Frederika WhiteheadFangbang – part of Shanghai's vegetarian street-food tour. Photograph: Frederika WhiteheadPhotograph: Frederika WhiteheadFangbang – part of Shanghai's vegetarian street-food tour. Photograph: Frederika WhiteheadFrederika Whitehead2013-03-05T10:06:00Z